failure

failure
fail|ure
W2S2 [ˈfeıljə US -ər] n
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1¦(lack of success)¦
2¦(unsuccessful person/thing)¦
3 failure to do something
4¦(business)¦
5¦(machine/body part)¦
6¦(crops)¦
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1.) ¦(LACK OF SUCCESS)¦ [U and C]
a lack of success in achieving or doing something
≠ ↑success
▪ Winston is not someone who accepts failure easily.
failure to do sth
▪ the conference's failure to reach an agreement
end/result in failure
▪ Harry's plans ended in failure.
2.) ¦(UNSUCCESSFUL PERSON/THING)¦
someone or something that is not successful
≠ ↑success
▪ I always felt a bit of a failure at school.
a total/complete failure
▪ The advertising campaign was a total failure.
3.) failure to do sth
an act of not doing something which should be done or which people expect you to do
▪ Failure to produce proof of identity could result in prosecution.
4.) ¦(BUSINESS)¦ [U and C]
a situation in which a business has to close because of a lack of money
▪ Business failures in Scotland rose 10% last year.
5.) ¦(MACHINE/BODY PART)¦ [U and C]
an occasion when a machine or part of your body stops working properly
▪ The cause of the crash was engine failure.
heart/kidney/liver etc failure
▪ He died from kidney failure.
failure in
▪ a failure in the computer system
6.) ¦(CROPS)¦ [U and C]
an occasion when crops do not grow or produce food, for example because of bad weather
▪ a series of crop failures

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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